Ebook: Bradshaw On: The Family: A New Way of Creating Solid Self-Esteem Paperback

A Parable: The Story of Hugh -- Overview: The Crisis -- The Family as a Rule-Bound Social System -- Profile of a Functioning Family System -- Profile of a Chronically Dysfunctioning Family System -- Compulsive Families: Checklist for How Your Self-Esteem Was Damaged in an Addicted Family -- The Persecuted: Checklist for How Your Self-Esteem Was Damaged in a Sexually or Physically Abusing Family -- The "Bad" Child: Checklist for How Your Self-Esteem Was Damaged in an Emotionally Abusing Family -- The Most Common Impact of Chronic Family Dysfunction: Co-dependency -- Road Map for Recovering Your Disabled Will: Stage I--Finding a New Family of Affiliation -- Road Map for Uncovering Your Lost Self: Stage II--Breaking the Original Spell -- Road Map for Discovering Your True Self: Stage III--Spiritual Awakening and Compassionate Social Action -- Epilogue: Revising Traditional Values.;Analyzes the structure of families, examines the unexpresssed rules used to raise children, and discusses family violence, child abuse, and dysfunctional families.